Synonyms for rarity
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Oddity
oddity, curiosity, peculiarity, anomaly, curio, freak of nature, wonder, freak, unusualness, oddment, abnormality
2. Infrequency — thinness; the property of having low density
infrequency, scarcity, paucity, thinness, rareness, uncommonness
Other
subtlety, black swan, tenuity, rara avis, hen's tooth, seldomness
Definitions
- n. 1
Thinness; the property of having low density
- n. 2
A measure of the scarcity of an object.
Forms
- Plural
- rarities → oddities, curiosities, peculiarities, anomalies…
Example sentences
- anomaly Do you consider a tornado an anomaly of nature?
- peculiarity I have this peculiarity: I always spoil everything.
- scarcity Water scarcity has become more common in Algeria.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| rarity | steady | |
| anomaly | falling | |
| oddity | rising | |
| peculiarity | falling | |
| curio | steady | |
| scarcity | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- freak1, curio3
- 6 letters
- wonder2, oddity3
- 7 letters
- anomaly4, paucity3, oddment, tenuity
- 8 letters
- scarcity3, subtlety3, thinness2, rareness2
- 9 letters
- curiosity5
- 10 letters
- seldomness
- 11 letters
- abnormality5, peculiarity6, infrequency4, unusualness
- 12 letters
- uncommonness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (curio3 = 3 syllables).